In addition to two homicides this weekend in the Mission, at least five people went to the hospital, one person was a victim of robbery at gunpoint, and another saw his car catch fire. Two men are in critical condition according to police reports.
A knife fight sent four men to the hospital Sunday night. At around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Police responded to calls regarding a physical fight involving 15 to 20 young men near the corner of 16th and Mission, according to police spokesperson Officer Grace Gatpandan. When they arrived on scene, they found that four men, ranging in age from 24 to 40 years-old, had been stabbed following a verbal altercation with two other men.
One of the four victims endured stab wounds in the chest and the other three in the back. Following the fight, the attackers fled the scene and no arrests have been made. The four men went to San Francisco General Hospital for their injuries. As of late Monday, two of the men are in critical condition according to Officer Gatpandan.
Friday evening around midnight, a man in his 30s approached a 20-year-old woman near Sanchez and 18th Street brandishing a semi-automatic handgun. The man demanded the woman hand over her money. When she complied, he ran off in an unknown direction.
At a homeless encampment near San Bruno and Alameda, police report that man in his 40s was cooking hash oil when a fire ignited and a small explosion burnt the man’s chest and hands. The man was taken to a nearby hospital and his wounds are said to be non-life-threatening.
Early Monday morning, a neighbor alerted a 54-year-old who lives near the corner of Hartford and Noe that his vehicle was on fire. The man went outside to find his 1987 Toyota ablaze. Police have no suspect information at this time.
In new details on the homicides that occurred Sunday morning at 2 a.m. the police have released the ages of the victims. The victim stabbed at 18th and Valencia at 2 a.m. was a 25-year-old man. And the victim of a shooting at 2:30 a.m. on Mission and 20th Streets was a 27-year-old man who was shot in the chest.
Crime is trauma and the county offers different services. Here is a link to a page of services.
Victims of violent crime can also contact the Trauma Recover Center at UCSF.
This story has been updated with new since it was first published Monday December 8, at 10:40 a.m..
the corner of 16th and mission is the nexus of drugs, thugs, and addicts. it has nothing to do with gangs. this was most likely a fight over money i.e. someone felt they were owed or someone was getting robbed. also the thugs from all over the bay area come into the mission via bart to rob or sell drugs cause they know the police for the most part will look the other way. the SRO’s are also part of the problem cause the criminals use them as a refuge, or base for operating their “trade”.
The Mission is a Latin gang controlled neighborhood. It is dangerous and it has always been dangerous. Now clueless white 20 somethings FOR THE FIRST TIME are their targets (for the past 30 years it used to be only withing the gang and within that community. It has changed. Don’t be out late at night drunk (or not) looking like a rich white techie.You are now the targets.
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haha, nice attempt at fear mongering
This latino on latino. Nice try though.
Concerned. Lots of Violence.
Few details.
Prayers for the families.
Thanks for reporting.